Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Another day, another year, another era, another millennia, another war, and nothing is different.
From the moment that Xerxes' chief councilor, better known as Haman, descendant of the sons of the kings of Amalek, set about a plan to kill all the jews, it has always been the same.
From the Arch of Titus, and the beginning of the Diaspora the most ancient of racisms has yet to abate.
Read this, and try to disagree with me that what the Holocaust represents is simply nothing remarkable. It is notable ONLY in that it married ALL THAT FOLLOWS to the might of an industrial power. That has one significant conclusion, like the history which has not ended, so this ignorance, continues, unabated, unquenched, undistilled, and hidden from no one.
What is remarkable, is the length of the post at this link, presented without comment, a pure history and timeline. An embarassment for this species, and for this planet, and one which lives today.
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ReplyDeleteWho is Cyrus?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Epa, this is an excellent post.
What do you think is the reason people have tried to kill the Jews through the ages?
Cyrus was the first Achaemenid ruler of Persia. His son, Darius was the king of the persians who was defeated at Marathon (480 BC) by the Greeks. Darius' son Xerxes, was at Thermopylae, and then got creamed at Salamis and Platea ending forever (until now) Persian attempts to destroy western democracy. Cyrus upon conquering Babylon (assyria), told the jews they could go home if they wished.
ReplyDeleteAs far as why the jews have been treated like that...how many peoples have been stateless minorities compelled to live in foreign lands?
Make that list and it will be a history just like the jews, onyl the jews hold the length of time, and smallest population record, making them the most vulnerable.
Of course, my arab friends all say they are the enemies of God and that is why. It's almost enough to make think Lennon was right
Why do you suppose Salomonsen refers to Cyrus as Meshiach (Messiah)?
ReplyDeleteDo some Jews believe he was the Messiah?
Damn, Epa. I don't get the Lennon reference. I'm thinking of Ballad of John and Yoko.
ReplyDeleteNo, that's not it.
Anyway, I don't agree that all stateless minorities have the same track record. Because, the stateless minorities who have been attacked, have been attacked because as part of a conquest.
Only the Jews have elicited a remark like that which Hitler made,
(Something to the effect of) If I can kill the Jews, then everything else will fall in place."
Ahmadinejad seems to think the same thing. And, Stalin came to the same conclusion towards the end of his life.
This is bizarre stuff, Epa. And, I can find no rational explanation for it.
Lennon = "Imagine"
ReplyDeleteOff the top of my head, other (modern) stateless minorites=Kurds, Bahai's..
I'm guessing Cyrus was regarded as a 'savior' for freeing the jews from forced exile by some. Never done much looking there. Many jews remained behind there instead of returning to Israel. I'm not sure how large a population was lef tin what ismodern Iran, but I do know that prior to the oppressions, persecutiona and expulsions in 1948 there were about 175,000 in Iraq (which is where the caliph, who had refused Herzl's 1903 offer to buy the land in Palestine offered to sell him as much as he wanted).